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[exico,  Central  and 
South  America 


A  List  of  Books  Relating  to 
MEXICO,  CENTRAL  AND  SOUTH  AMERICA 

in  the  > 


LOWELL    CITY   LIBRARY 


JULY,    1911 


Published  by  the 
City  Library 
Lowell,  Mass. 


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HISTORY 


MEXICO 

Anderson,  A.  D.  Mexico  from  a  material  standpoint. 
1884.  910.2436 

—The  silver  country.      1877.  910.2435 

Arnold,  Channing.  The  American  Egypt,  a  record  of 
travel  in  Yucatan;  by  Channing  Arnold  and  Frederick 
J.  Tabor  Frost.  1909.  Illus.  map.  917.2.10 

Most  of  the  space  in  this  attractively  gotten-up  volume  is  devoted  to  the  archae- 
ology and  ethnology  of  the  Mayans,  the  native  tribe  whose  remarkable  archi- 
tectural remains  are  found  in  Yucatan  and  Central  America.  In  writing  of 
present-day  Yucatan  and  the  condition  of  the  Mayans  the  authors  make  a 
drastic  indictment  of  the  peonage  system,  which  on  the  great  haciendas  amounts 
to  actual  slavery,  and  are  disagreeably  plain-spoken  in  regard  to  rural  ecclesi- 
astical abuses.  They  claim  to  be  the  first  Englishmen  who  have  explored  the 
uncivilized  northeastern  portions  of  the  Yucatan  peninsula.  There  are  numerous 
illustrations  from  photographs,  a  map  and  plans  of  ruins. 

Baedeker,  K.  The  United  States,  with  an  excursion  into 
Mexico.  910.3301 

Ballou,  M.  M.      Aztec  land.      1890.  910.1097 

Barton,  Mary.  Impressions  of  Mexico  with  brush  and 
pen.  With  twenty  illustrations  in  color.  1911.  917.2.15 

timely  volume  which  chronicles  a  leisurely  tour  of  the  country  and  describes 
aany  aspects  of  its  life  for  the  first  time.  The  colored  illustrations  of  curious 
-ind  out  of  the  way  places  add  greatly  to  the  beauty  and  instructive  value  of 
the  volume. 

Beebe,  C.  W.  Two  bird-lovers  in  Mexico.  1905.  590.765 
Beecher,  H.  C.  R.  Trip  to  Mexico.  1880.  910.467 

Bellemare,  E.  L.  G.  de.      Vagabond  life  in  Mexico.      1856. 

910.2432 

Biart,  L.      La  grotte  de  San  Francisco.  in  840.524 

—La  terre  chaude.      1879.  910.1001 

Blake,  Mrs.  Mary  Elizabeth  (McGrath),  and  Sullivan,  Mrs. 
M.  F.  B.  Mexico;  picturesque,  political,  progressive; 
1888.  910.822 

Contents:  Picturesque  Mexico,  by  Mrs.  M.  E.  McG.  Blake. — Political  and 
progressive  Mexico,  by  Mrs.  M.  F.  B.  Sullivan. 


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Bonnycastle,  R.  H.  Descriptive,  historical  and  geographi- 
cal account  of  dominions  of  Spain  in  the  Western 
Hemisphere.  1818.  2  v.  910.800-801 

Brocklehurst,  T.  U.     Mexico  today.      1883.  910.2424 

Bureau  of  the  American  Republics,  Washington,   D.  C. 
Mexico.      1891.      (In  its  Bulletin,   No.   9.) 

Calderon  de  la  Barea,  F.  Life  in  Mexico  during  a  residence 
of  two  years.  2  v.  1843.  910.2427-8 

Carpenter,  William  W.  Travels  and  adventures  in 
Mexico.  1851.  910.2430 

Carson,  William  English.  Mexico,  the  wonderland  of  the 
South.  1909.  Plates,  ports.  917.2.12 

The  author  tells  of  his  wanderings  in  Mexico,  his  experiences  in  mountain 
climbing,  tarpon  fishing  and  ranching,  and  describes  the  Mexican  capital  and 
other  cities,  the  great  haciendas,  the  gold  and  silver  mines,  etc. 

Charnay,  D6sire\  The  ancient  cities  of  the  new  world: 
being  voyages  and  explorations  in  Mexico  and  Central 
America  from  1857  to  1882.  1884.  910.946 

Conant,  Charles  Arthur.  Banking  system  of  Mexico. 
1910.  (United  States.  61st  cong.  2d  sess.  Senate. 
Doc.  v.  19.) 

Issued  by  the  United  States  national  monetary  commission. 

Conder,  J.      Mexico  and  Guatemala.      2  v.      1831. 

970.1357-8 

Conkling,  Alfred  R.  Appleton's  guide  to  Mexico,  in- 
cluding a  chapter  on  Guatemala,  and  a  complete 
English-Spanish  vocabulary.  1884.  910.3281 

Opposite  the  title-page  is  a  railway  map  of  Mexico. 

Crawford,   Cora   H.      Land  of  the   Montezumas.      1889. 

910.1076 

Cubas,  Antonio  Garcia.  The  republic  of  Mexico  in  1876. 
1876.  970.2181 

At  the  end  is  an  ethnographical  map  of  Mexico. 

Curtis,   W.   E.      Capitals  of  Spanish  America.      1889. 

910.951 

Donnavan,  C.      Adventures  in  Mexico.      1848.         910.683 

Edwards,  William  Seymour.  On  the  Mexican  highlands, 
with  a  passing  glimpse  of  Cuba.  1910.  Illus.  map. 

917.2.14 

A  collection  of  letters  written  to  friends  during  a  month's  travel  in  Mexico  and 
a  brief  visit  in  Cuba.  Though  it  records  merely  the  experiences  and  impressions 
of  the  uninformed  pleasure-seeking  traveler,  the  intimate  and  friendly  manner 
and  homely  detail  of  the  narrative  make  it  attractive  to  the  reader  who  seeks 
entertainment  as  much  as  information. 


Eloin,    Paula    (Kollonitz).      Court    of    Mexico.      1868. 

910.840 

Elton,  J.  F.      With  the  French  in  Mexico.      1867.     910.733 

Enock,  E.  R.  The  great  Pacific  Coast.  1909.  917.9.5 
Mexico:  the  land  of  romance,  pp.  72-107. 

— Mexico;  its  ancient  and  modern  civilization,  history  and 
political  conditions,  topography  and  natural  resources, 
industries  and  general  development,  with  an  intro- 
duction by  Martin  Hume.  1909.  (South  American 
Series.)  972.4 

Combined  history,  archaeology  and  description  based  on  reading  and  travel. 
The  author  has  not  availed  himself  of  the  latest  scholarship  with  reference  to 
the  Spanish  conquest,  but  his  later  history  is  sound,  his  descriptions  of  modern 
life  and  scenery  picturesque,  and  he  gives  an  exhaustive  and  instructive  survey 
of  natural  resources  and  industrial  conditions.  The  book  is  illustrated  by 
admirable  photographs  and  has  an  annotated  bibliography,  index  and  folding 
map. 

Farnham,  T.  J.      Mexico.      1846.  910.2425 

Ferry,  G.  Vagabond  life  in  Mexico.  1856.  910.2432 
Flandrau,  C.  M.  Viva  Mexico!  917.2.6 

Vivid,  sympathetic  and  humorous  impressions  of  Mexican  life  and  character  by 
an  American  resident.  Unusually  readable  and  well  founded. 

Ford,  I.   N.      Tropical  America.      N.  Y.   1893.        910.2498 

This  book  of  travel  takes  in  much  of  Mexico,  Central  and  South  America,  and 
the  West  Indies,  and  is  largely  a  study  of  political  and  commercial  conditions. 

Foster,  J.  W.  Mission  to  Mexico.  (In  his  Diplomatic 
memoirs,  1909,  v.  1,  p.  15-136.)  920.6484 

Gadow,  Hans  Frederich.  Through  southern  Mexico. 
1908.  Illus.  maps.  917.2.7 

Experiences  of  a  field  naturalist  and  his  wife  during  two  journeys  through  the 
less  frequented  districts  of  southern  Mexico.  Combines  description  of  country 
and  people  and  personal  adventure  with  scientific  observations  on  the  flora  and 
fauna.  Over  160  illustrations  and  two  sketch  maps. 

Gilliam,  Albert  M.  Travels  over  the  table  lands  and 
Cordilleras  of  Mexico,  during  the  years  1843  and  44. 
1846.  910.2423 

Goocll,    F.    C.      Face    to   face    with    the    Mexicans.      1887. 

910.872 

Gray,  A.  Z.      Mexico  as  it  is.      187S.  910.2439 


Gregg,  J.      Commerce  of  the  prairies.      2  v.      1844. 

910.2364-5 

Hale,  E.  E.  and  Susan.      A  family  flight  through  Mexico. 

1886.  910.2437 

Haven,  G.  Bp.  Our  next  door  neighbor:  a  winter  in 
Mexico.  1870.  910.2433 

Hornaday,  W.  T.      Camp-fires  on  desert  and  lava.      1908. 

917.91.4 

Humboldt,  Friedrich  H.  A.  von.      Vues  des  Cordilldres  et 

monumens  des  peuples  indigenes  de  rAme"rique.      1814. 

2v.  910.888-9R 

Jackson,  Julia  N.  Winter  holiday  in  summer  lands. 
1890.  910.1090 

Janvier,  Thomas  Allibone.  Legends  of  the  city  of 
Mexico.  1910.  Illus.  390.501 

These  nineteen  folktales  are  most  entertainingly  told,  largely  in  the  words  of 
the  superstitious  Mexicans  who  related  them  to  the  author.  Whether  based  on 
tradition  or  real  happenings,  they  are  almost  without  exception  gruesome. 
There  are  six  clever  drawings  by  Walter  Appleton  Clark  and  seven  photographs 
of  places  connected  with  the  legends. 

—Mexican  guide.      1889.  910.879R 

Johnson,   Hannah   M.      About   Mexico,   past  and  present. 

1887.  910.2434 

Kirkham,  Stanton  Davis.      Mexican  trails.      1909.      Illus. 

917.2.9 

Entertaining  sketches  of  village  life  in  Mexico,  the  record  of  three  years'  residence 
and  wandering  over  a  large  part  of  the  country.  Gives  a  very  good  idea  of 
local  conditions  and  of  the  status  of  Mexican  Indians.  There  are  many  good 
illustrations. 

Knox,  T.  W.  Boy  travellers  in  Mexico.  1890.  910.1040 
Latrobe,  C.  J.  The  rambler  in  Mexico.  1836.  910.2438 

Lee,    S.    M.      Glimpses   of    Mexico    and    California.      1887. 

910.751 

Lemprie're,  C.      Notes  in  Mexico  in  1861-2.          910.1028 

Lumholtz,  Carl.  Unknown  Mexico:  a  record  of  five 
years'  exploration  among  the  tribes  of  the  Western 
Sierra  Madre;  in  the  Tierra  Caliente  of  Tepic  and 
Jalisco,  and  among  the  Tarascos  of  Michoacan. 
1902.  917.2  3-4 


Lummis,  C.  F.      Awakening  of  a  nation;  Mexico  of  today. 
1898.  917.2.1 

Enthusiastic  view  of  modern  Mexico  and  its  recent  political,  material  and 
intellectual  progress,  written  from  intimate  acquaintance.  Partly  published 
in  Harpers  Magazine. 


McCarty,  J.   H. 

of  Mexico. 


Two  thousand  miles  through  the  heart 
1886.  910.661 


Ober,  Frederick  Albion.  Travels  in  Mexico,  and  life 
among  the  Mexicans.  1884.  910.2420 

(1)  Yucatan;   (2)  Central  and  Southern  Mexico;   (3)  The  border  states.     The 
190  illustrations  are  mainly  from  the  author's  photographs  and  sketches. 

Oswald,  Felix  L.  Summerland  sketches,  1880,  or, 
Rambles  in  the  backwoods  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America.  910.2421 

Palmer,  F.  Central  America  and  its  problems,  with 
chapters  on  Mexico  and  her  relations  to  her  neighbors. 
1910.  917.28.3 


Rankin,    Melinda. 
1881. 


Twenty    years    among   the    Mexicans. 

910.2429 


Rogers,   T.   L.  Mexico?      Si,   Senor.                            910.2628 

Ruxton,  G.  F.  Adventures  in  Mexico.      1848.       910.2626 

Sanborn,  H.  J.  A  winter  in  Central  America  and  Mexico 

1886.  910.673 

Schwatka,    F.  In   the   land   of    cave   and     cliff     dwellers. 

1893.  910.2630 


Skinner,  C.  M. 

1899. 


Myths  and  legends  beyond  our  borders. 

390.412 


Smith,   F.    H.     White  umbrella  in   Mexico;  illustrated  by 
the  author.      1889.  910.913 

Rambling  through  Mexico  with  his  white  umbrella  and  his  sketching  materials, 
recognized  everywhere  as  a  privileged  being,  and  admitted  everywhere  with  that 
mediaeval  reverence  for  art  which  survives  only  in  what  are  called  semi-civilized 
lands,  the  strolling  tourist  evidently  received  the  pleasantest  impressions,  and 
has  reflected  them  faithfully  both  with  pen  and  pencil  in  these  sprightly  pages. 


Starr,    Frederick.      In  '  Indian    Mexico.      1908. 


Illus. 

917.2.5 


An  account  of  the  author's  four  expeditions  to  southern  Mexico,  which  had  as 
object  the  study  of  the  physical  type  of  Mexican  Indians.  The  scientific  results 
have  been  published  in  monographs  and  periodical  articles;  this  is  the  narrative 
of  experiences  and  the  methods  used  in  carrying  on  the  work.  It  gives  much 
information  regarding  a  little  known  people  and  country,  but  in  an  unsystematic 
and  not  particularly  attractive  manner.  The  numerous  photographic  illustra- 
tions are  interesting;  there  is  no  map. 

Stoddard,  J.  L.      Lectures,      v.   7,  p.  225-336.      1905. 

910.3461 


Taylor,    Bayard.      Eldorado.      2   v.      1850. 


910.461-2 


Terry,     Thomas     Philip.      Terry's     Mexico.      1909.      Illus. 
maps.  910.2.29 


Thompson,   W.      Recollections  of  Mexico,   1842-6.      1846. 

910.3627 

Turner,  J.  Kenneth.      Barbarous  Mexico,  1911.      1910. 

972.5 

Mr.  Turner  made  two  visits  to  Mexico  in  1903  and  1909,  to  investigate  conditions 
there.  The  result  of  his  investigations  he  has  embodied  in  this  book,  which 
makes  a  terrible  arraignment  of  the  government,  its  officials  and  many  of  the 
wealthy  Mexicans.  He  found  a  country  with  a  written  constitution  and  written 
laws,  which  for  the  most  part  are  almost  as  fair  and  democratic  as  our  own,  but 
with  neither  constitution  nor  laws  in  operation.  A  country  without  political 
freedom,  freedom  of  speech  or  press,  a  jury  system,  or  political  parties,  and  a 
country  where  slavery  in  its  most  dreadful  form  is  a  fact.  In  this  general 
condemning  the  United  States  does  not  escape,  as  Air.  Turner  believes  that 
American  capital  is  back  of  much  of  the  Mexican  enterprise,  and  helps  to  suppress 
the  truth  as  to  the  abuses  in  the  country. 

Tweedie,    Mrs.    Ethel    B.    (Harley).      Mexico   as    I    saw   it. 
1901.      Illus.  917.2.2 

Wallace,     Dillon.      Beyond    the    Mexican    Sierras.      1910. 
Illus.  map.  917.2.13 

Recounts  personal  experiences  in  the  Mexican  west  coast  states  recently  opened 
up  to  travel  by  railroad  extensions,  and  enthusiastically  describes  the  country 
as  a  field  for  American  enterprise  on  account  of  its  climatic  conditions  and  rich 
agricultural  and  mineral  lands.  "The  work  is  richly  illustrated  and  practically 
the  first  in  the  English  language  to  give  an  authoritative  account  of  these  newer 
parts  of  Mexico." — Dial,  49:  66,  1  Ag  10. 

Warner,   C.   D.      Mexican  notes.      1889.  in  910.830 

—On  horseback.      1889.  910.830 

Wells,    D.    A.      Study   of   Mexico.      1887.  970.235 

Williams,   R.   H.      With  the  border  ruffians:  memories  of 
the  Far  West,  1852-1868;  ed.  by  E.  W.  Williams.  1908. 

917.8.13 

Author  was  lieutenant  and  afterward  captain  in  the  Kansas  Rangers.  Most  of 
his  memoirs  have  to  do  with  the  wild  borderland  of  Mexico  and  Texas.  After 
many  dramatic  experiences  in  Kansas  and  Texas,  Mr.  Williams  returned  to  his 
native  England,  and  is  now  a  comfortable  and  reminiscent  justice  of  the  peace 

Wilson,  R.  A.      Mexico  and  its  religion.      1855.      910.2436 

Winter,   N.   O.      Mexico  and  her  people  of  today.      1907. 

917.2.8 

Up-to-date  information  on  customs,  characteristics,  amusements,  antiquities, 
resources,  development,  etc.,  in  popular,  readable  form.  Based  on  travel  and 
extended  reading. 


HISTORY. 

Bancroft,  H.  H.      History  of  Mexico.      6  v.      1886-88. 

970.1894-99 

—  History  of  the  North  Mexican  States  and  Texas.      1531- 
1800.      1883-89.      2   v.  970.1900-1901 

Biart,    Lucien.      The    Aztecs.      1887.  970.2412 

Canipe,  J.  H.      Cortez;  or  the  conquest  of  Mexico.      1811. 

970.2743 

—Cortez.      1833.  970.2739 

Chevalier,  M.      Mexico;  before  and  after  the  conquest. 

970.1294 

Clavigero,  Abbe  L.  Francesco  Tanerio.  History  of 
Mexico.  3  v.  1806..  970.1647-9 

Folsom,  George,  editor.  The  despatches  of  Hernando 
Cortes,  the  conqueror  of  Mexico,  addressed  to  the 
Emperor  Charles  V.,  written  during  the  conquest 
and  containing  a  narrative  of  its  events,  1520-24. 
1843.  970.1254 

Green,  Thomas  J.  Journal  of  the  Texian  expedition 
against  Mier,  1836-44.  Pub.  1845.  970.425 

The  town  of  Mier  is  a  small  hamlet  on  the  Mexican  side  of  the  Rio  Grande,  about 
100  miles  from  its  mouth. 

Hale,    Susan.      Story    of    Mexico.      1889.  970.2687 

Helps,  Sir  Arthur.  The  Spanish  conquest  in  America 
and  its  relation  to  the  history  of  slavery  and  to  the 
government  of  colonies.  4  v.  1856-68.  970.187-09 

Henry,  William  Seaton.  Campaign  sketches  of  the  war 
with  Mexico,  1846-47.  1847.  970.396 

By  a  captain  in  Gen.  Taylor's  army. 

Humboldt,  Friedrich  Heinrich  Alexander  von.  Political 
essay  on  the  kingdom  of  New  Spain.  Pub.  1808; 
trans.  1811.  4  v.  320.80-1 

An  elaborate  study  of  Mexico,  by  a  German  naturalist.  Compare  also  the 
volume  edited  by  Karl  Bruhns:  Life  of  Alexander  von  Humboldt.  2  v.  Trans. 
1873. 

Jay,  William.  A  review  of  the  causes  and  consequences 
of  the  Mexican  War,  1846-48.  1849.  970.401 

MacNutt,  F.  A.  Fernando  Cortes  and  the  conquest  of 
Mexico,  1485-1547.  1909.  920.4516 

Noll,  Arthur  Howard.  From  empire  to  republic:  the 
story  of  the  struggle  for  constitutional  government 
in  Mexico.  1903.  972.2 

A  careful  study  of  that  most  interesting  phase  of  Mexican  history  which  relates 
to  the  struggles  for  constitutional  government.  Bibliography  (12  p.). 


—A  short  history  of  Mexico.      1890.  970.3773 

Noll,  Arth.  Howard,  and  McMahon,  A.  Philip.  The  life 
and  times  of  Miguel  Hidalgo  y  Costilla.  1910. 

920.6697 

Miguel  Hidalgo  y  Costilla  was  born  in  Mexico  in  1753.  He  was  educated  for  the 
priesthood  and  became  curate  at  Dolores.  In  1810  he  raised  an  army  which  he 
Fed  against  the  forces  of  Spain,  at  first  victorious,  he  was  afterwards  defeated 
and  fled  toward  the  United  States.  He  was  captured  and  executed  by  the 
Spaniards,  but  the  cause  he  supported  finally  triumphed  and  Mexico  threw  off 
the  yoke  of  Spain.  Hidalgo  is  called  "the  father  of  Mexican  independence." 
Index. 

Ober,  Frederick  Albion.  Young  folks'  history  of  Mexico. 
(B.  C.  1000-A.  D.  1880.)  1882.  970.1250 

—  Hernando  Cortes,  conqueror  of  Mexico.  (Heroes  of 
American  history.)  1905.  920.5530 

More  a  history  of  the  conquest  of  Mexico  than  a  biography  of  its  conqueror.  A 
brief  readable  work,  written  in  impartial  spirit. 

Owen,  Charles  H.     The  justice  of  the  Mexican  War.    1908. 

973.6.4 

Prescott,  William  Hickling.  History  of  the  conquest  of 
Mexico,  with  a  preliminary  view  of  the  ancient 
Mexican  civilization,  and  the  life  of  the  conqueror 
Hernando  Cortes.  (1516-47.)  1843.  3  v. 

970.1304-6 

Schroeder,  Seaton.  The  fall  of  Maximilian's  empire  as 
seen  from  a  United  States  gunboat,  1865-67.  1887. 

970.2435 

Stevenson,  Mrs.  Sara  Yorke.  Maximilian  in  Mexico:  a 
woman's  reminiscences  of  the  French  intervention, 
1862-1867.  1899.  972.1 

The  author  was  attached  to  the  imperial  court  in  Mexico  during  her  early 
womanhood,  when  Napoleon  III  was  trying  his  disastrous  experiment  of  estab- 
lishing a  European  government  on  American  soil.  The  three  short  years  that 
Maximilian,  brother  of  the  present  emperor  of  Austria,  reigned  in  Mexico  are 
described  with  clearness  and  force,  while  the  writer  never  loses  sight  of  the 
picturesqueness,  pathos,  humor,  and  tragedy  of  the  occurrences  of  one  of  the 
most  dramatic  episodes  of  modern  times. 

Contents:  The  triple  alliance,  1861-62;  The  French  intervention,  1862-64;  The 
empire  of  Maximilian  I,  1864-65;  The  awakening;  The  end:  Queretaro,  1867; 
Appendices;  Index. 

Taylor,  Fitch  Waterman.  The  broad  pennant  of  the 
Gulf  squadron;  i.  e.,  in  the  War  with  Mexico;  1846-48. 

%  970.397 

By  a  chaplain  in  the  U.  S.  Na-»al  force. 

Taylor,    John    M.      Maximilian    and    Carlotta.      1894. 

970.1253 

Wilcox,  Cadmus  Marcellus.  History  of  the  Mexican  War, 
1846-48.  1892.  970.1393 

By  a  general  in  the  American  army. 

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Wiliard,  Mrs.  Emma  (Hart).  Last  leaves  of  American 
history;  comprising  histories  of  the  Mexican  War  and 
California,  1841-49.  1849.  970.399 

Wilson,  R.  A.  New  history  of  the  conquest  of  Mexico. 
1859.  970.1300 

War  of  Mexico  with  the  United  States,  1846-48. 


DIAZ 

Creelman,  Ja.      Diaz:  master  of  Mexico.      1911.     920.6769 

Diaz  has  had  perhaps  the  most  remarkable  career  of  any  ruler  of  the  present  day. 
The  author  has  spent  much  time  in  the  Republic  of  Mexico  which  its  president 
rules  with  such  iron  hand.  The  book  gives  chief  events  in  the  life  of  Diaz  and 
describes  the  evolution  of  the  Mexico  of  1848  into  the  Mexico  of  the  present. 
Aims  to  explain  this  great  Latin- American  leader  from  his  brilliant  fighting 
youth  to  his  white  old  age,  in  which  age  he  is  the  acknowledged  master  of  progress. 
The  financial  statements  are  in  Mexican  currency.  The  writer  knows  Diaz  well. 

Godoy,   Jose"    F.      Porfirio   Diaz,   president   of   Mexico;   the 
master  builder  of  a  great  commonwealth.      With  60 

illus.,  maps  and  diagrams.      1910.  920.6613 

wjjj 

Mr.  Godoy  is  Mexican  minister  to  Cuba.  In  this  book  he  has  attempted  to  give 
an  unbiased  account  of  the  life  and  administration  of  the  very  remarkable  man 
who  rules  Mexico.  It  is  written  from  the  viewpoint  of  one  who  admires  President 
Diaz  and  gives  a  clear  statement  of  the  many  undoubted  benefits  which  have 
resulted  from  his  government.  One  chapter  is  devoted  to  the  opinions  of 
prominent  men,  such  as  James  Bryce,  Justice  Day,  Gen.  Grant  and  others, 
regarding  President  Diaz  as  a  soldier  and  statesman.  Index. 

Tweedie,  Mrs.  E.  B.  (H.).      The  maker  of  modern  Mexico; 
Porfirio    Diaz.      1906.  920.6200 


FICTION 

Biart,  L.      Adventures  of  a  young  naturalist.  3568 

Caok,  G.  C.      Roderick  Taliaferro.  12112 

Dryden,    J.      The    Indian    emperor;    or,    the    conquest    of 
Mexico   by   the   Spaniards.      Drama.  in  820.3582 

Sequel  of  the  India  queen. 

— The    Indian    queen.      Tragedy.      By    Sir    R.     Rowland 
and  J.  Dryden.  in  820.3582 

Eggleston,   E.,   and  Seelye,    L.    E.     Montezuma,   and  the 
conquest    of    Mexico.  970.1252 

Einbree,  C.   F.      Dream  of  a  throne.  11241 

Haggard,   H.   R.      Heart  of  the  world.  9726 

— Montezuma's  daughter.  9185 

Power  of  the  inquisition  and  cruelties  of  Cortez. 

11 


Henty,  G.  A.  By  right  of  conquest;  or,  with  Cortez  in 
Mexico.  7753 

Janvier,  T.  A.  The  Aztec  treasure  house.  A  romance  of 
contemporaneous  antiquity.  7591 

Maitland,    E.      Higher  law.      (Juarez,    1862.)  2250 

Moffett,  E.  L.      Crown  jewels.      (Maximilian,  1866.)       1815 

Munroe,  K.  The  white  conquerors.  A  tale  of  Toltec 
and  Aztec.  9206 

Conquest  of  Mexico  by  Cortez  and  his  Spaniards,  the  "White  conquerors." 

Ober,  F.  A.  The  silver  city.  A  story  of  adventure  in 
Mexico.  5700 

Overtoil,  Gwendolen.      The  heritage  of  unrest.  11447 

Reid,  M.      Free  lances.      A  romance  of  the  Mexican  valley. 

7049 

— The  scalp  hunters;  or,  adventures  among  the  trappers. 

4910 

—The  white  chief.      A  legend  of  Northern  Mexico.          4665 

Ripley,  E.  M.  From  flag  to  flag.  A  woman's  adventures 
and  experiences  in  the  South,  during  the  war,  in 
Mexico,  and  in  Cuba.  970.2685 

Smith,  N.  A.      Under  the  cactus  flag.      1899.  11058 

Steell,    W.    Isidra.      (Mexican   mining   syndicate,    1864.) 

6894 

Stoddard,  W.  O.  The  red  mustang.  A  story  of  the 
Mexican  border.  7514 

— The  lost  gold  of  the  Montezumas.  13156 

Tonna,  C.  A.      Izram.      A  Mexican  tale.      (Poem.) 

820.621 

A  considerable  time  previous  to  the  great  struggle  for  independence  in  South 
America. 

Voltaire,  F.  M.  A.  de.      Alzire,  ou  les  Americains.    Trag6die. 

in  840.927 

—Same.      (In  English.)  in  820.3580 

Wallace,  L.  The  fair  god;  or,  the  last  of  the  'Tzins.  A 
tale  of  the  conquest  of  Mexico,  1519.  2038 

The  author's  best  constructed  novel.     Tells  the  story  of  ancient  Mexico  and 
describes  the  religious  rites  of  the  Aztecs. 

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CEXTRAL  AMERICA 

Bancroft,  H.  H.  History  of  the  Pacific  States  of  North 
America.  Vols.  1-3.  970.1891-3 

Barrett,  J.     Latin  America,  the  land  of  opportunity.     1909. 

918.14 

Biolley,  P.      Costa  Rica  and  her  future.      1889.       910.1138 

Brigham,  W.  T.  Guatemala  the  land  of  the  Quetzal. 
1887.  910.851 

Butterworth,  Hezekiah.  Traveller  tales  of  the  Pan- 
American  countries.  1902.  910,1818 

Arranged  like  the  Zig-zag  books.  With  information  about  the  South  American 
continent,  Panama  and  Central  America  are  woven  stories  which  illustrate  their 
manners,  customs,  Inca  life,  and  Indian  and  animal  life  in  the  forests. 

Calvo,  J.  B.      The  republic  of  Costa  Rica.  910.1091 

Charles,  C.      Honduras:  the  land  of  great  depths.      1890.- 

910.2474 

Cliarnay,  D.     The  ancient  cities  of  the  new  world.      1887 

910.946 

Coiquhoun,  A.  R.  The  Key  of  the  Pacific — the  Nicaragua 
Canal.  1895.  630.233 

Davis,  R.  H.  Three  gringos  in  Venezuela  and  Central 
America.  1891.  '  917.28.1 

Enoek,    C.    Reginald.      The    great    Pacific   coast.      1910. 

917.9.5 

Graphic  description  of  the  authors,  journeyings  and  adventures  over  12,000 
miles  of  the  Pacific  coast,  from  Alaska  to  Chile.  Though  written  primarily  to 
entertain,  there  is  much  of  an  informing  character,  both  as  to  country  and 
people.  Fully  illustrated. 

— International  Bureau  of  the  American  Republics. 
Handbooks:  Colombia,  1909;  Costa  Rica,  Guatemala, 
Honduras,  Nicaragua,  Panama,  Salvador. 

Le  Plongeon,  A.   D.      Here  and  there  in  Yucatan.      1886. 

910.664 

Palmer,  F.  Central  America  and  its  problems;  an  account 
of  a  journey  from  the  Rio  Grande  to  Panama;  with 
introductory  chapters  on  Mexico  and  her  relations  to 
her  neighbors.  1910.  917.28.3 

Mr.  Palmer  spent  the  summer  and'  autumn  of  1908  making  a  journey  of  observa- 
tion and  study  through  Mexico,  Guatemala,  Salvador,  Honduras.  Nicaragua  and 
Costa  Rica,  to  gather  material  for  a  series  of  letters  for  the  Chicago  Tribune. 
The  letters  expanded  and  with  new  material  added  make  up  the  present  volume. 
First  are  four  chapters  on  Mexico,  dealing  with  her  political  and  ethnological 
relations  with  Central  America  and  her  political  relations  with  the  United  States. 
Central  America  is  not  merely  a  region  for  us  to  smile  at  and  consider  as  the 
stage  setting  for  opera  bonffe  revolutions,  but  the  scene  of  conditions  worse  than 
any  in  Russia  or  Turkey,  which  Mr.  Palmer  considers  it  the  duty  of  the  United 
States  to  investigate  and  correct.  The  history,  population  and  resources  are 
all  discussed,  while  chapters  on  the  real  Monroe  doctrine,  Mr.  Root's  plan,  and 
the  future,  contain  valuable  suggestions.  Bibliography  (2  p.).  Inde'x. 

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Reclus,    E.      The   Earth   and  its  inhabitants;    North   Am- 
erica.     Vol.    2.  910.2490 

Sanborn,  H.  J.      A  winter  in  Central  America  and  Mexico 
1886.  910.673 

Simmons,  W.  E.      Nicaragua  canal.      1900.  620.236 

Squier,  E.  G.      Nicaragua.      2  v.      1852.  910.2441-2 

—The    states    of    Central    America.      1858.  970.1278 

— Waikna;  or,   adventures  on  the  mosquito  shore. 

910.2451 

Stephens,  John  L.      Incidents  of  Travel  in  Central  America, 
Chiapas,   and  Yucatan.      1842.  910.2476-7 

Written  at  a  time  when  but  little  was  known  of  that  country.  It  is  especially 
valuable  for  its  accurate  and  detailed  description  of  the  famous  ruined  cities. 
The  illustrations  are  from  drawings  made  upon  the  spot  by  Mr.  Catherwood, 
who  accompanied  the  author  and  add  much  to  the  value  of  the  work. 

Vincent,    F.      In  and   out   of   Central   America,    and   other 
sketches   and   studies   of   travel.      1898.  910.1142 


Other  sketches:  A  rival  to  Solomon's  temple,  (the  Buddist  temple  of  Cambodia); 
Quarantined  in  the  Antilles;  An  oriental  monster,  (King  Theebau  of  Burrnah); 
The  exiled  emperor,  (Pedro  II,  emperor  of  Brazil);  White  elephants. 


Walker,   J.    W.    G.      Ocean   to   ocean.      1902.  917.28.2 

Williams,  A.      The  romance  of  modern  engineering.      1904. 

620.282 

Winter,  Nevin  Otto.      Guatemala  and  her  people  of  today. 
1909.  917.28.4 

Contents:  Toltec  land;  From  ocean  to  ocean;  The  capital;  The  tropics  and 
their  development;  The  people;  Railways  and  their  routes;  The  ancients  and 
their  monuments;  The  story  of  the  republic;  Religious  influences;  Present  con- 
ditions and  future  possibilities;  British  Honduras;  Republic  of  Honduras; 
Appendices. 
"Bibliography,"  p.  300-301. 


PANAMA  CANAL 

Abbot,  H.  Larcom.  Problems  of  the  Panama  canal; 
including  climatology  of  the  isthmus,  physics  and 
hydraulics  of  the  river  charges,  cut  at  the  Continental 
Divide,  and  discussions  of  plans  for  the  waterway. 
1905.  620.311 

Cornish,    Vaughan.      The   Panama   canal   and  its   makers. 

620.313 

Concise,  impartial  account  by  an  English  geographer  who  visited  the  canal  in 
1907  and  again  in  1908.  He  discusses  not  only  what  is  being  done  but  the 
history  of  the  enterprise,  sanitation,  labor  question,  cost  and  probable  com- 
mercial results.  Map,  diagrams  and  many  halftones. 

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Hall,  Alfred  Bates.     Panama  and  the  canal.  980.28 

An  admirable  history  of  Panama  from  earliest  times,  describing  the  country  in 
detail  and  giving  a  good  account  of  the  history  of  the  canal.  The  greatest 
value  of  the  book  is  in  the  excellent  description  of  the  work  now  being  carried  on 
and  the  many  reproductions  from  photographs.  Designed  for  supplementary 
reading,  but  equally  interesting  for  older  children's  reading. 

Johnson,  Willis  Fletcher.  Four  centuries  of  the  Panama 
canal.  1906.  630.330 

The  most  thorough  and  comprehensive  work  that  has  yet  appeared  on  the 
Panama  canal,  though  the  discussion  of  the  engineering  side  of  the  subject  is 
inadequate.  Devotes  100  pages  to  the  history  of  Panama.  Mr.  Johnson's 
views  throughout  are  those  of  the  present  administration.  Condensed  from 
Nation,  1906. 

Lindsay,  Charles  Harcourt  Forbes.  Panama  and  the 
canal  today.  1910.  630.329 

An  historical  account  of  the  canal  project  from  the  earliest  times,  with  a  descrip- 
tion of  the  waterway  as  it  will  be  ultimately  constructed,  and  a  brief  history 
and  description  of  the  country. 

Weir,  Hugh  C.  Conquest  of  the  Isthmus;  the  men  who  are 
building  the  Panama  canal,  their  daily  lives,  perils 
and  adventures.  1909.  620.314 

"Lively  volume  of  sketches  of  life  and  work  on  the  Canal  Zone Will  serve 

a  useful  purpose  in  impressing  the  average  reader  with  the  magnitude  of  this 
national  enterprise  in  its  various  aspects.  It  is  undeniably  superficial  and 
sensational,  and  its  statements  are  not  to  be  accepted  without  caution."  Nation, 
1909. 

NOTE: — The  library  receives  each  we^k  the  Canal  Record,  pub- 
lished by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission.  It  contains  official 
information  of  the  progress  of  the  work  on  the  canal.  Consult 
also  the  Annual  Report  of  the  Commission  on  file  in  the  Govern- 
ment Publications  room. 

SOUTH  AMERICA 

Akers,  Charles  Edmond.  History  of  South  America, 
1854-1904.  1904.  980.50 

"Takes  up  in  succession  each  South  American  country Two  chapters  give 

a  rather  too  sketchy  general  introduction,  four  in  the  middle  are  devoted  to 
an  account  of  the  war  between  Chile  and  Peru,  while  a  concluding  one  reviews 

the  general  situation,  and  intimates  views  of  the  future There  is  (1904) 

so  far  as  we  know,  no  other  book  which  contains  the  facts  in  so  convenient 

a  form."     Nation,  1904. 

American  Republics  Bureau.  [Latin  American  Republics.] 
1909.  918.15 

Contents  :  The  Argentine  Republic. — Bolivia. — Brazil. — Chile. — Columbia. — 
Costa  Rica. — Cuba. — Dominican  Republic. — Ecuador. — Guatemala. — Haiti. — 
Honduras. — Mexico. — Nicaragua. —  Panama. —  Paraguay. —  Peru. — Salvador. — 
Uruguay. — Venezuela. 

Bancroft,  Hubert  Howe.      The  new  Pacific.      N.  Y.,  1900. 

911.1 

"For  the  first  time  the  countries  around  the  Pacific  ocean  are  presented  as  an 
entirety;  resources   and  industries,   history   and  romance,   together  with  the 
events  leading  to  the  present  active  developments." — Author. 
There  are  chapters  on  the  recent  war  with  Spain,  on  the  question  of  imperialism, 
territorial  expansion,  etc. 

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Barrett,  John.  Latin  America,  the  land  of  opportunity. 
Wash.  Amer.  Republics  Bureau,  1909.  104  p.  illus. 

918.14 

A  "reprint  of  official  reports  and  special  articles,"  presenting  considerable 
information  and  the  advantages  of  these  countries  as  a  field  for  United  States 
capital  and  enterprise. 

— The  Pan- American  Union.      1811.  340.595 

Bingham,  Hiram,  D.  D.  Across  South  America;  an 
account  of  a  journey  from  Buenos  Aires  to  Lima  by 
way  of  Potosi;  with  notes  on  Brazil,  Argentina, 
Bolivia,  Chile,  and  Peru;  with  80  illus.  and  maps. 

918.11 

In  1908,  Professor  Bingham,  who  holds  a  chair  in  Latin  American  history  in 
Yale  University,  was  sent  to  South  America  as  a  delegate  of  the  United  States 
government  to  the  first  Pan-American  Scientific  Congress.  He  took  advantage 
of  the  occasion  to  make  a  most  interesting  trip  across  the  continent,  from 
Buenos  Aires  to  Lima  in  Peru,  partly  by  train,  partly  across  the  mountains  on 
mule-back.  The  result  of  this  trip  is  the  present  book.  Professor  Bingham 
had  the  advantage  of  being  more  thoroughly  acquainted  than  most  travellers 
with  the  language  and  history  of  the  country,  so  that  his  book  is  unusually 
instructive  in  regard  to  topography,  institutions,  political  situation,  and  trade 
possibilities  of  South  America.  Index. 

— The  journal  of  an  expedition  across  Venezuela  and 
Colombia,  1906-1907;  an  exploration  of  the  route  of 
Bolivar's  celebrated  march  of  1819  and  of  the  battle- 
fields of  Boyaca  and  Carabobo.  918.7.1 

"Really  authentic  accounts  of  South  America  are  so  rare  that  Dr.  Bingham's 
'The  Journal  of  an  Expedition  Across  Venezuela  and  Colombia  1906-1907' 
(Yale  Publishing  Association,  New  Haven,  Conn.)  has  not  merely  the  value  of 
an  historical  document.  It  is  a  vivid  description  of  existing  conditions.  The 
author  started  into  Venezuela  with  the  Quixotic  intention  of  finding  out  how 
Bolivar  made  his  way  from  Venezuela  into  New  Granada  in  the  war  of  Liberation 
and  of  examining  the  battlefields  of  Carabobo  and  Boyaca.  He  succeeded  in 
following  Bolivar's  route  with  much  difficulty.  His  narrative  is  in  the  form 
of  a  diary,  and  to  him  who  reads  it  carefully  it  throws  more  light  on  the  Vene- 
zuela of  Castro  and  on  Colombian  civilization  than  any  of  the  histories  do.  The 
story  of  adventure  is  very  entertaining  and  the  side  lights  on  the  condition  of 
the  country  and  the  people  are  instructive.  It  is  an  honest  and  intelligent 
record  of  travel." — New  York  Sun. 

Bishop,  N.  H.  A  thousand  miles  walk  across  South 
America.  1869.  910.476 

Bonnycastle,  R.  H.  Dominions  of  Spain  in  the  Western 
hemisphere.  1818.  2  v.  910.800-801 

Brackenridge,  H.  M.  Voyage  to  South  America  in  1817 
and  1818.  2  v.  910.536-7 

Brady,  Cyrus  Townsend.  South  American  fights  and 
fighters,  and  other  tales  of  adventure.  (American 
fights  and  fighters  ser.)  980.49 

Contents:  Panama  and  the  knights-errant  of  colonization;  Panama.  Balboa  and 
a  forgotten  romance;  Peru  and  the  Pizarros;  The  greatest  adventure  in  history; 
The  yarn  of  the  "Essex,"'  whaler;  Some  famous  American  duels;  The  cruise 
of  the  "Tonquin;"  John  Paul  Jones;  In  the  caverns  of  the  Pitt;  Being  a  boy 
out  west. 

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Billiard,  H.  A.  History  of  Don  Francisco  de  Mirandas 
attempt  to  effect  a  revolution  in  South  America. 
1811.  980.27 

Butterworth,  Hezekiah.  South  America:  a  popular  illus- 
trated history  of  the  South  American  republics,  Cuba 
and  Panama.  1904.  980.42 

First  published  in  1898.  This  is  a  new  and  cheaper  edition,  revised  up  to  1904, 
and  covering  the  Panama  revolution.  The  volume  relates  the  story  of  liberty 
and  progress  in  Latin  America.  It  is  also  an  introduction  to  a  study  of  the 
Andean  republics  and  those  on  the  Spanish  Main. 

The  author  of  this  important  volume  here  supplies  the  first  general  history  of 
that  tropical  and  sub-tropical  America  to  which  our  attention  has  lately  been 
so  exclusively  directed,  and  which  is  daily  becoming  more  closely  associated 
with  us  politically  and  commercially.  Mr.  Butterworth  has  attained  his 
knowledge  at  first  hand;  and  not  only  does  he  trace  the  thrilling  struggle  for 
liberty  in  the  South  American  republics,  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico,  but  he  points 
out  impressively  the  great  future  in  store  for  these  countries. 

— Traveller  tales  of  the  pan-American  countries.  Boston, 
1902.  Illus.  (Educational  travel  series.)  910.1818 

Stories  of  South  and  Central  America  for  young  people. 

Carpenter,  Frank  G.  South  America,  social,  industrial, 
and  political:  a  twenty-five  thousand  mile  journey  in 
search  of  information  in  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  and 
the  lands  of  the  equator,  Colombia,  Ecuador,  Peru, 
Bolivia,  Chile,  Tierra  del  Fuego,  the  Falklands, 
Argentina,  Paraguay,  Uruguay,  Brazil,  the  Guianas, 
Venezuela,  and  the  Orinoco  Basin.  1900.  918.2 

The  outcome  of  a  journalistic  expedition  to  South  America  in  search  of  inform- 
ation for  the  American  business  man  and  the  general  reader.  The  work  is  more 
a  study  of  the  commercial  and  social  life  of  the  cities,  and  a  description  of  how 
the  people  live  and  work  in  the  country,  than  a  diary  of  travel  and  adventure. 
It  describes  the  chief  industries,  notes  the  characteristic  features  of  the  inhabi- 
tants, discusses  the  resources  and  possibilities  of  the  various  countries,  and 
incidentally  points  out  the  chances  for  the  investment  of  American  capital  and 
the  increase  of  American  trade. 

Champney,  Eliz.  W.  Three  Vassar  girls  in  South  America. 
1885.  910.1598 

Chase,  W.  Voyage  from  the  U.  S.  to  South  America, 
1821-23.  910.843 

Child,  Theodore.  Spanish-American  republics.  Illus. 
1891.  910.M79 

Travel  in  Chile,  Peru,  Argentine  republic,  Paraguay,  Uruguay,  across  Andes 
and  along  southern  coasts.  Observances  social  and  economic  conditions  as  well 
as  nature. 

Clark,  Francis  Edward.  Continent  of  opportunity;  the 
South  American  republics,  their  history,  their  re- 
sources, their  outlook,  with  a  traveller's  impressions 
of  present  day  conditions.  1907.  980.47 

The  material  for  this  volume  was  gathered  during  a  five  months'  journey  to 
South  America  in  the  interests  of  the  Christian  Endeavor  movement  which  the 
author  undertook  in  1907.  In  the  course  of  his  journey  he  visited  eight  of  the 
republics  of  South  America,  namely,  Panama,  Ecuador,  Peru,  Bolivia,  Chile, 
the  Argentine  Republic,  Uruguay  and  Brazil.  Condensed  from  introduction.  » 

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Curtis,  W.  Eleroy.  Between  the  Andes  and  the  ocean:  an 
account  of  an  interesting  journey  down  the  west 
coast  of  South  America  from  the  Isthmus  of  Panama 
to  the  Straits  of  Magellan.  1900.  918.3 

Some  of  the  contents:  The  voyage  and  the  Isthmus;  Concerning  the  Panama 
canal;  The  ancient  city  of  Panama  and  the  canal;  The  deceptive  city  of 
Guayaquil;  The  President  and  government  of  Ecuador;  The  Zona  Seca  of 
South  America;  Peru  in  peace  and  prosperity  The  monks  and  the  monasteries; 
The  mecca  of  a  prehistoric  race;  Over  the  deserts  and  mountains  of  Bolivia; 
The  quaint  old  city  of  Arequipa;  Cuzco,  the  capital  of  the  Incas;  The  city  of 
La  Paz;  The  nitrate  deserts  of  Chile;  The  city  of  Valparaiso;  Santiago,  the  capi- 
tal of  Chile;  The  President  and  the  government  of  Chile,  etc. 

— Capitals  of  Spanish  America.      1888.  910.951 

Dahlgren,    Madeline.      South    sea    sketches.      1881. 

910.477 

Dawson,  Thomas  Cleland.  South  American  republics- 
part  1:  Argentina,  Paraguay,  Uruguay,  Brazil;  part 
2:  Peru,  Chile,  Bolivia,  Ecuador,  Venezuela,  Colombia, 
Panama.  (Story  of  the  nations.)  1903-4.  2  v. 

980.44-45 

The  author  is  well  qualified  by  long  residence  in  Brazil,  to  write  of  the  East 
Andean  States.  He  treats  each  state  separately  with  resulting  comparison 
in  part  2,  where  the  interrelations  of  the  several  nations  are  close.  Dispro- 
portionately small  space  is  given  to  the  period  of  independence.  Maps  are  poor 
and  illustrations  not  well  chosen  or  placed.  There  are  some  inaccuracies  and 
no  footnotes. 

Depons,  Francois  R.  J.  Travels  in  South  America  during 
1801-4.  2  v.  910.534-5 

— Voyage  to  the  Spanish  Main  in  South  America.  1801-4. 
3  v.  910.1593-5 

Ford,    I.    N.      Tropical   America.      1893.  910.2498 

Fountain,  Paul.  The  great  mountains  and  forests  of  South 
America.  1902.  918.6 

A  sequel  to  "The  great  deserts  and  forests  of  North  America,"  originally  intended 
to  form  a  second  part  to  that  work;  but  on  the  advice  of  the  publishers  it  was 
reserved  and  amplified  to  make  a  second  book. 

Contents:  A  trip  up  the  Trombelas;  The  River  Purus;  Rambling  days  in  a 
central  Brazilian  forest;  The  district  of  the  seven  lakes;  The  poisoned  arrow; 
The  Ecuador  Andes;  The  Highlands  and  Llanos  of  New  Granada;  Mountain 
and  valley  in  Chile  and  Peru,  etc. 

Frezier,  A.  F.  Voyage  to  the  South  sea.  1717.  910.746 
Gallenga,  A.  South  America.  1880.  980.13 

Hale,  Albert,  M.  D.  The  South  Americans:  the  story  of 
the  South  American  republics,  their  characteristics, 
progress  and  tendencies;  with  special  reference  to 
their  commercial  relations  with  the  United  States. 
1907.  918.4 

Author  is  member  of  the  Geographical  Society  of  Rip  Janeiro.  He  dedicates 
his  book  to  Secretary  Elihu  Root,  "one  great  American  statesman  of  recent 
years  who  has  understood  the  Latin  temperament."  Dr.  Hale  has  had  twenty- 
five  years'  intimate  association  with  Latin  America  and  extended  residence 

18 


there.  He  points  out  that  the  settlement  of  North  America  was  begun  with 
the  love  of  liberty  and  that  of  South  America  with  the  search  for  gold.  He 
makes  a  fair  comparison  of  the  habits  and  characteristics  of  South  Americans 
and  shows  where  they  are  equal  with  the  North  while  distinctly  inferior  in 
material  development  and  public  education.  For  three-quarters  of  a  century 
the  Monroe  doctrine  has  kept  us  between  the  South  American  republics  and 
Europe.  Dr.  Hale  thinks  the  time  has  come  to  give  vital  significance  to  thia 
doctrine. 

Humbolt,  F.  H.  A.  von  and  Aine*  Bonpland.  Travels  to  the 
equatorial  regions  of  Ajnerica  during  1799-1804. 

3  v.  500.37-9 

Knox,   T.    W.      Boy  travellers  in   South   America.      1886. 

910.1663 

Marcoy,   Paul.     Journey  across  South  America,   1873-74. 

4  v.  910.770-73 

Martin,  Percy  F.  Through  five  Republics  (of  South 
America) :  a  critical  description  of  Argentina,  Brazil, 
Chile,  Uruguay  and  Venezuela  in  1905;  with  128  illus. 
1906.  918.13 

The  writer  is  an  English  journalist.  "My  object,"  he  says,  "in  giving  this  book 
to  the  world  is  twofold.  First,  I  believe  it  is  timely,  in  view  of  the  enormous 
advances  made  by  the  South  American  Republics  of  late  years,  and  the  amount 
of  British  capital  invested  therein.  Secondly,  I  have  in  my  journalistic  capacity 
been  enabled  to  gather  much  information  of  value,  which  I  have  found  no 
opportunity  for  utilizing  in  the  newspapers  I  have  represented,  but  which 
accompanied  by  illustrations  and  somewhat  fuller  descriptions,  should  be 
acceptable  as  a  critical  account  of  the  countries  visited." 

— Message  from  the  President  of  the  U.  S.  relating  to  the 
war  in  South  America.  1882.  980.34 

Mitre,  Bartolome.  Emancipation  of  South  America. 
1893.  980.40 

Moses,  Bernard.  South  America  on  the  eve  of  emanci- 
pation; the  southern  Spanish  colonies  in  the  last  half- 
century  of  their  dependence.  1908.  980.43 


In  an  earlier  work  entitled   The  Establishment 


Mozans,  H.  J.  pseud.  Along  the  Andes  and  down  the  Ama- 
zon; with  an  introd.  by  Colonel  Thdr.  Roosevelt.  1911. 
il.  maps,  (Following  the  Conquistadores.)  918.12 

A  record  of  western  South  American  travel',  remarkable  chiefly  for  the  author's 
faith  in  a  splendid  Spanish-American  future  race,  to  which  various  now  alien 
races  and  discordant  elements  are  contributing.  Mr.  Roosevelt,  in  his  appreci- 
ative introduction,  refers  to  Dr.  Mozans  as  an  "ideal  traveling  companion  with 
every  qualification  for  making  just  such  a  journey  .  .  .  and  then  writing 
about  it." 

Orton,  James.      The  Andes  and  the  Amazon.      1876. 

910.566 

19 


Osborn,  Chase  Salmon.  The  Andean  land  (South  Am- 
erica.) 1909.  2  v.  Illus.  918.7-8 

A  record  of  travel  (1907)  and  a  description  of  the  thirteen  Latin  American 
countries,  written  in  breezy  journalistic  style.  The  book  is  encumbered  with 
guide-book  statistics  and,  on  account  of  recent  progress,  the  travel  information 
is  somewhat  out  of  date,  but  the  remarks  on  South  American  trade  are  worthy 
of  especial  note. 

Paxson,  Frederic  L.  Independence  of  the  South  American 
republics;  a  study  in  recognition  and  foreign  policy. 
1903.  980.46 

Traces  the  development  of  the  modern  doctrines  in  international  law  as  to 
neutrality  and  recognition  of  revolted  peoples  and  the  share  of  the  United  States 
therein,  and  describes  the  attitude  of  the  United  States  and  of  England  toward 
the  revolted  Spanish  colonies  leading  to  their  full  recognition  as  sovereign 
states.  Based  on  original  unpublished  manuscripts  in  the  Department  of  State 
at  Washington,  the  Adams  papers  at  Quincy  and  the  Foreign  office  at  London. 
Of  value  for  the  origins  of  the  Monroe  doctrine  and  the  foreign  policy  of  the 
United  States.  Nine  pages  of  bibliography. 

Petre,  Francis  Loraine.  Simon  Bolivar,  "El  libertador." 
1910.  920.6619 

A  careful  and  detailed  account  of  the  revolt  against  Spain  in  Venezuela,  New 
Granada  and  Peru  in  the  early  eighteenth  century  and  the  best  and  fairest 
estimate  yet  written  of  the  character  and  career  of  its  leader.  "It  is  rather 
difficult  reading  on  account  of  the  agility  with  which  the  subject  skips  over  a 
large  and  unfamiliar  map." — Catholic  World. 

Mr.  Petre  thinks  that  the  reputation  enjoyed  by  Bolivar  less  than  a  century 
ago  was  above  his  merits;  he  was  neither  a  Washington  nor  a  Napoleon.  The 
oblivion  which  has  latterly  fallen  on  his  memory  is  even  more  unmerited,  as  he 
was  undoubtedly  a  very  remarkable  man.  It  was  through  Bolivar's  efforts 
that  the  countries  which  now  form  Venezuela,  Peru,  Republic  of  Colombia  and 
Panama  threw  off  the  yoke  of  Spain  forever,  but  he  died  a  bitterly  disappointed 
man,  foreseeing  the  anarchy  which  has  almost  ever  since  held  sway  in  these 
states.  Bibliography  (3  p.).  Index. 

Buhl,  Arthur.  The  other  Americans;  the  cities,  the 
countries,  and  especially  the  people  of  South  America. 

918.5 

Keen,  intelligent  and  remarkably  interesting  accounts  of  the  cities  and  country, 
.the  people  and  customs  of  the  countries  of  South  America  today.  Venezuela, 
Colombia,  Brazil,  Argentine,  Chile,  Peru,  Bolivia,  and  Panama,  their  people, 
their  general  appearances  and  characteristics,  their  great  differences  from  us 
and  from  each  other,  their  attractive  and  their  unattractive  sides,  are  exceedingly 
cleverly  described  and  illustrated.  Mr.  Ruhl  is  a  vigorous,  clear-sighted  and 
accurate  observer.  His  lively  narrative  is  full  of  amusing  adventures,  he 
illustrates  his  points  with  good  stories  and  telling  anecdotes,  and  a  certain  gay 
enjoyment  of  his  own  adventures  and  of  the  comforts  and  discomforts  of  the 
trip  make  the  book  extraordinarily  good  reading.  It  is  fully  illustrated  by 
photographs  and  drawings,  and  is  supplied  with  an  appendix  giving  statistics 
of  each  country's  population,  trade,  resources,  etc. 

Santa-Anna  Nery,  Fr6derico  Jose  de.  Land  of  the  Ama- 
zons. 1901.  918.1.1 

Gi-  63  a  detailed  account  of  the  physical  features,  fauna,  flora,  minerals,  native 
tribes,  conditions  of  life  and  leading  industries. 
I 

Stevenson,  W.  B.  Twenty  years  residence  in  South 
America.  1829.  3  v.  980.1-3 

Taylor,  W.      Our  South  American  cousins.      1878.   910.478 

Thomson,  James.      Letters  on  South  America.      1827. 

986.18 

20 


—Three    years    in    the    Pacific.      1834.  910.567 

Ulloa,  G.  J.  and  A.      Voyage  to  South  America.   2v.   1760. 

910.311-12 

Van  Heuvel,  J.  A.      El  Dorado.      1844.  980.30 

Vincent,     Frank.      Around     and     about     South     America; 
twenty  months  of  quest  and  query.      1896-1897. 

910.1170 


Parana,  Paraguay,  Amazon,  Orinoco  and  Magdalena  rivers. 

Waterton,  Charles.  Wanderings  in  South  America,  the 
Northwest  of  the  United  States  and  the  Antilles,  in 
the  years  1812,  1816,  1820  and  1824.  1909.  918.10 

Entertaining  and  instructive  pictures  of  life  in  the  tropical  jungle,  comparable 
in  interest  to  White's  Natural  History  of  Selborne.  An  attractive  edition  con- 
taining an  appreciative  memoir  of  the  author  by  Norman  Moore,  and  an  intro- 
duction and  some  fanciful  illustrations  of  birds  and  beasts  by  Charles  L.  Bull, 
who  traversed  the  same  regions  in  1908. 

Watson,  R.  G.  Spanish  and  Portuguese,  South  Americans. 
1884.  2  v.  980.6-7 

Wood,  Wm.  M.  Sketches  of  people  and  things  in  South 
America.  1849.  910.41 


FICTION. 

Fenn,  G.  M.      The  golden  magnet:  the  land  of  the  Incas. 

8109 

Graffigny,     F.     H.    de.      Letters    written    by    a    Peruvian 
princess.      2    v.  6355-6 

Hassaurek,  F.     The  secret  of  the  Andes.  3995 

Peru,  1592. 

Henderson,     W.     J.      Afloat     with     the     flag.      (Brazilian 
revolution.)  9715 

Henty,  G.  A.      Out  on  the  Pampas.  2952 

Isaacs,  J.      Maria:      a  South  American  romance.      (Colum- 
bia.) 7485 

Kingston,  W.  H.G.      In  New  Granada.  408 

—On  the  banks  of  the  Amazon.  717 

— The  young  llanero.      (War  in  Venezuela.)  1163 

Kotzebue,  A.  F.  F.  von.      Pizarro:  a  tragedy,  in  820.3580 

21 


Marmontel,  J.   F.      The  Incas;  or,  the  destruction  of  the 
empire  of  Peru.      2  v.  980.21-3 

Moncrieff,   R.    H.      The  pampas:  a  story  of  adventure  in 
the  Argentine  republic.  7702 

Musick,  J.  R.      Estevan:  a  story  of  the  Spanish  conquests. 

8841 

Reid,  M.      Afloat  in  the  forest.  4672 

— The  forest  exiles;  or,  perils  amid  the  wilds  of  the  Amazon. 

4448 


ARGENTINE  REPUBLIC. 

Dawson,  T.  C.  The  South  American  republics.  Pt.  1, 
Argentina,  Paraguay,  Uruguay,  Brazil,  1903.  (Story 
of  the  nations  ser.)  980.44 

By  the  Secretary  of  the  United  States  Legation  to  Brazil.  He  thinks  civic 
capacity  is  increasing  among  the  body  of  South  Americans  and  immigration  is 
raising  the  industrial  level.  The  form  of  government  he  thinks  will  remain 
Republican.  He  has  resided  six  years  in  South  America  and  has  been  in  position 
to  meet  the  most  important  scholars,  public  men,  merchants  and  land  owners. 
Bibliography  (1  p.). 

Hirst,  W.  A.  Argentina,  with  an  introduction  by  Martin 
Hume.  1910.  (South  American  series.)  918.2.4 

"Bibliography,"  p.  295-302. 

Its  historical,   topographical  and  commercial  interests   have  been  admirably 

balanced. 

Koebel,  W.  H.      Argentina,  past  and  present.      1911. 

982.1 

Mr.  Koebel  gives  to  the  subject  of  his  former  work,  "Modern  Argentina,"  a 
fuller  and  more  detailed  treatment,  and  adds  to  it  a  sketch  of  the  history  of  the 
country. 

Fitz  Gerald,  E.  Arthur.  The  highest  Andes:  a  record  of 
the  first  ascent  of  Aconcagua  and  Tupungato  in 
Argentina,  and  the  exploration  of  the  surrounding 
valleys;  with  chapters  by  Stuart  Vines,  and  con- 
tributions by  Professor  Bonney  and  others.  1899. 

918.2.2 

"This  book  is  the  outcome  of  seven  months'  work  by  myself  and  my  colleagues — 
Mr.  Stuart  Vines,  Mr.  Arthur  Lightbody,  and  Mr.  Philip  Gosse— ^in  the  Andes 
of  Argentina.  My  expedition  had  for  its  object  primarily  the  triangulation  of 
the  country  immediately  surrounding  the  peak  of  Aconcagua,  America's  highest 
mountain;  and  secondly,  the  scaling  of  the  great  peak  itself,  which  had  up  to 
that  time  defied  the  efforts  of  all  who  had  attempted  to  gain  its  summit. — 
Author's  Preface.  Four  appendices  contain  valuable  scientific  and  historical 
information.  Index. 

Mr.  Fitz  Gerald  here  tells  of  his  ascent  of  the  loftiest  mountain  ever  climbed, 
and  of  other  thrilling  experiences  in  his  South  American  adventures.  The  book 
is  also  extremely  valuable  from  the  scientific  side,  its  appendices  containing  a 
wealth  of  exact  information  regarding  these  great  altitudes.  The  pictures 
which  were  made  during  the  climb,  are  especially  pertinent  and  interesting. 

Johnson,  H.  C.  R.  Vacation  in  the  Argentine  Alps. 
1865.  910.1597 

22 


King,  John  Anthony.  Twenty-four  years  in  the  Argentine 
Republic;  its.  civil  and  military  history  and  an 
account  of  its  political  condition  before  and  during 
the  administration  of  Governor  Rosas;  his  course  of 
policy,  the  causes  and  character  of  his  interference 
with  the  government  of  Montevideo  and  the  cir- 
cumstances which  led  to  the  interposition  of  England 
and  France.  1846.  980.36 

"An  effort  to  show  in  their  true  light  the  actual  motives  and  achievements  of 
the  revolutionary  partisans  in  the  Argentine  region,  and  the  consequent  justifi- 
cation of  English  interference." — Larned's  Literature  of  American  history. 

Nunez,    I.      United   province   of    Rio   de   la    Plata.      1859. 

91Q.1600 

Pazos,  V.  Letters  on  the  United  Provinces  of  South 
America.  1819.  980.12 

Pennington,  A.  Stuart.  The  Argentine  Republic;  its 
physical  features,  history,  fauna,  flora,  geology, 
literature  and  commerce.  1910.  918.2.5 

"The  object  of  this  volume,"  says  the  author  in  his  preface,  "is  to  furnish  the 
reader  with  information  which  cannot  be  obtained  except  partially,  either  from 
the  numerous  books  of  travel  dealing  with  the  Argentine  or  from  the  various 
handbooks,  year-books,  or  other  volumes  of  a  commercial  nature  issued  with 
the  object  of  showing  the  prospects  of  the  country  to  the  business  man."  Mr. 
Pennington  has  lived  in  the  Argentine  for  more  than  twenty  years  and  in  this 
book  he  gives  a  collection  of  facts,  not  mere  personal  opinions.  Glossary,  Index. 

Sarmiento,  D.  T.  The  Argentine  Republic  in  the  days 
of  the  tyrants.  1860.  980.35 

Smile,  R.  E.      The  Manatitlans.      1877.  910.1590 


BOLIVIA. 

Conway,  Sir  W.  Martin.  The  Bolivian  Andes:  a  record  of 
climbing  and  exploration  in  the  Cordillera  real  in 
the  years  1898  and  1900.  1901.  918.4.1 

Both  a  record  of  climbing  among  the  high  peaks  of  the  Andes  in  Bolivia,  as  well 
as  observations  upon  the  political  conditions  of  Bolivia  and  neighboring  states. 
Bibliography  (3  p.).  List  of  plants  collected  by  Sir  W.  M.  Conway  in  the 
Bolivian  Andes,  1898-99  (5  p.). 

Wright,  Marie  Robinson.  Bolivia:  the  central  highway 
of  South  America,  a  land  of  rich  resources  and  varied 
interest.  1907.  918.4.2 

By  the  author  of  "The  new  Brazil"  and  "The  Republic  of  Chile."  After  fifteen 
years'  travel  in  Latin  America  the  author  gives  results  which  could  only  have 
been  obtained  after  long  association  with  the  people  and  a  clear  conception  of 
the  essential  features  of  Latin  American  civilization.  The  author  is  member 
of  the  National  Geographical  Society;  of  the  Geographical  Society  of  Brazil, 
and  of  the  Geographical  Society  of  La  Paz.  A  contribution  to  the  history, 
development  and  prospects  of  South  America. 

23 


BRAZIL 

Agassiz,  Louis  and  Mrs.  E.  Cabot  (Cury).  Journey  in 
Brazil.  1868.  910.1596 

Nature  and  man  in  South  Brazil  and  on  the  Amazon  in  1864  and  1866. 

Andrews,   C.    C.     Brazil.      1887.  910.594 

Bates,  H.  W.      The  naturalist  on  the  river  Amazon.      1875. 

910.1588 

Codman,  J.      Ten  months  in  Brazil.      1867.  910.1585 

Conder,    J.      Brazil    and    Buenos   Ayres.      1831.      2  v. 

980.23-4 

Craig,  Neville  B,  comp.  Recollections  of  an  ill-fated 
expedition  to  the  headquarters  of  the  Madeira  river 
in  Brazil;  in  co-operation  with  members  of  the  Madeira 
and  Mamore"  Association  of  Philadelphia.  1907. 

918.1.2 

Part  1.     The  origin  of  the  expedition  and  voyage  of  the  "Mercedita." 
History  of  the  disastrous  Collins  expedition  of  1S78  which  proposed  to  build 
railways  around  the  falls  of  the  Mamor£  and  Madeira  rivers  and  thus  provide  an 
outlet  for  the  commerce  of  Bolivia. 

Dawson,  T.  C.      The  South  American  republics.        980.44 

Denis,  Pierre.  Brazil;  tr.,  and  with  a  historical  chapter, 
by  Bernard  Miall  and  a  supplementary  chapter  by 
Dawson  A.  Vindin.  1911.  (South  American  ser.) 

981.1 

Edwards,  W.  H.      Voyage  up  the  Amazon.      1847. 

910.1583 

Ewbank,  T.      Life   in    Brazil.      1856.  910.1603 

Kidder,  D.  P.  and  J.  A.  Fletcher.  Brazil  and  the  Brazilians. 
1866.  980.15 

Santa-Anna  Nery,  Fr£derico  Jose",  baron  de.  Land  of  the 
Amazons.  Tr.  from  the  French,  by  George  "Hum- 
phery.  1901.  918.1.1 

An  account  of  the  state  (formerly  province')  of  the  Amazon,  in  Brazil,  including 
chapters  on  the  geography,  natural  resources,  political  history,  commerce,  etc. 

Smith,   H.    H.      Brazil:  the  Amazon's  other  coast.      1879. 

910.1599 

Toussaint,  Sampson.      A  Parisian  in  Brazil.       1890. 

910.1378 

Walsh,   R.      Brazil  in    1828   and    1829.      2   v.        980.19-20 
Warren,   J.    E.      Para.      1851.  910.1586 

24 


Winter,  Nevin  Otto.  Brazil  and  her  people  of  today. 
1910.  918.1.4 

A  compact  survey  of  Brazil's  history,  the  country,  people,  government,  industries 
and  resources,  education  and  the  arts,  giving  a  large  amount  of  reliable  and 
varied  information.  Like  the  author's  earlier  volumes  on  Guatemala  and 
Mexico,  it  is  a  convenient  source  for  readers  seeking  facts  rather  than  entertaining 
descriptions. 

Wright,  Marie  Robinson.  The  new  Brazil;  its  resources 
and  attractions,  historical,  descriptive  and  industrial. 
1901.  918.1.3 

"In  the  main  an  accurate  account  of  the  social  and  industrial  life  of  Brazil.  . . 
the  conditions  of  trade  and  commerce,  the  undeveloped  resources .  .    .  and  the 
opportunities  for  colonization." — Nation,  1901. 
Fully  illustrated. 

CHILE 

Dawson,   T.   C.      The   South   American  republics.      Pt.    2. 

980.45 

Elliot,  George  Francis  Scott.  Chile;  with  an  introduction 
by  Martin  Hume.  (South  American  series.)  1907. 
Illus.  983.1 

"A  combination  of  history  and  description,  loose-jointed,  but  serviceable." 
Besides  many  illustrations,  which  are  chosen  with  slight  regard  for  the  text, 
there  are  plans,  diagrams,  bibliography  and  an  appendix  giving  statistics. 

Gardiner,  A.  F.  Visit  to  the  Indians  on  the  frontier  of 
Chile.  1841.  910.1374 

Hancock,  Anson  U.  History  of  Chile.  1893.  980.41 
Molino,  G.  I.  History  of  Chile.  2  v.  1808.  980.37-8 
Smith,  Wm.  A.  Temperate  Chile.  1899.  918.3.1 

Wright,  M.  R.  The  Republic  of  Chile;  the  growth, 
resources,  and  industrial  conditions  of  a  great  nation; 
with  illustrations.  918.3.2 


COLOMBIA 

Bingham,    Hiram.      The   journal   of    an   expedition   across 
Venezuela    and    Colombia,    1906-1907.      1909.      Illus. 

918.7.1 

Somewhat  minute  account,  in  diary  form,  of  a  journey  undertaken  to  collect 
material  for  a  biography  of  Bolivar.  The  author  explored  the  route  of  Bolivar's 
march  of  1819  and  the  battlefields  of  Boyaca  and  Carabobo.  The  text  is  a 
useful  contribution  to  the  meager  literature  of  this  region,  but  is  not  of  great 
interest  to  the  average  reader.  The  illustrations  (133)  from  the  author's 
photographs  are  excellent. 

Carpenter,  F.   G.     South  America.  918.2 

Conder,  J.     Colombia.      1825.  910.1582 

Duane,  W.      Visit  to  Colombia  in  1822  and  1823.  910.1601 

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Scruggs,  W.  Lindsay.  The  Colombian  and  Venezuelan 
republics;  with  notes  on  other  parts  of  Central  and 
South  America.  New  ed.,  with  a  chapter  on  the 
Panama  Canal.  1905.  918.6.1 

Contains  a  brief  account  of  the  author's  personal  experiences,  observations,  and 
studies  in  Central  and  South  America,  and  more  particularly  in  the  republics 
of  Colombia  and  Venezuela,  during  the  period  of  twenty-seven  years,  from 
1872  to  1899,  when  he  was  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary. 
The  present  edition  has  been  enlarged  and  brought  up  to  date  with  every  informa- 
ation  connected  with  the  Panama  Canal.  The  text  of  the  Panama  Canal  Treaty 
is  also  given. 

ECUADOR 

Hassaurek,  F.  Four  years  among  the  Spanish  Americans 
of  Ecuador,  1861-65.  910.1591 

Whymper,  Edw.  Travels  amongst  the  great  Andes  of  the 
Equator.  1892.  140  illus.  2  v.  910.2483-4 


GUIANA 

Andre,  E.      A  naturalist  in  the  Guianas.      1904.       918.8.1 

"The  story  of  what  he  saw  while  collecting  orchids,  birds,  butterflies,  and  small 
mammals  is  well  worth  telling,  and  the  book  is  not  only  very  interesting  but  is 
also  a  distinct  contribution  to  pur  knowledge  of  a  typical  region  in  the  South 
African  forests.  The  illustrations  are  from  excellent  photographs,  and  give  a 
good  idea  of  the  Orinoco  and  Caura  Rivers,  the  Indians,  and  the  tangle  of  forest 
vegetation." — Bulletin  of  the  American  Geographical  Society. 

Palgrave,  W.  G.      Dutch  Guiana.  980.17 

Rodway,  J.  The  struggle  for  life  in  the  forest.  (In 
Smithsonian  institution  annual  report  for  1891.) 

Stark,  J.  H.,  and  Rodway,  J.  Guide  book  and  history  of 
British  Guiana.  910.2.8 

Stuart,  V.  Equatorial  forests  and  rivers  of  South  America. 
1891.  910.3401 

Thurn,  E.  F.      Among  the  Indians  of  Guiana.      1883. 

910.755 

PARAGUAY 

Dawson,  T.  C.  South  American  republics.  1903.  (Story 
of  the  nations  series.)  980.44 

Vol.  1.     Introductory:  the  discoveries  and  the  conquest;  Argentina;  Paraguay; 
Uruguay;  Brazil;  Index. 

Rengger,  J.  R.  Reign  of  Dr.  Joseph  Gaspard  Roderick 
and  Francia  in  Paraguay,  1819-1825.  980.11 

Washburn,  Charles  Ames.  History  of  Paraguay,  with 
notes  of  personal  observations  and  reminiscences  of 
diplomacy  under  difficulties.  2  v.  1871.  980.9-10 

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Vol.1.     1 526-1  S(>4. 
Vol.  2.     1864-1868. 

Appendix  contains  correspondence  between  Rear-admiral  Davis  and  President 
Lopez. 

Mr.  Washb urn's  term  of  office  as  minister-resident  at  Paraguay  (1863-68) 
included  the  period  of  the  war  between  Paraguay  and  Brazil,  and  he  was  impli- 
cated in  the  alleged  conspiracy  of  foreign  residents  against  President  Lopez. 
"Mr.  Washburn's  personal  recollections  are  intensely  interesting,  as  descriptive 
of  a  people,  a  struggle,  and  a  despot  without  a  parallel  in  history.  He  is 
embittered  and  revolted,  and  but  too  justly  so,  by  what  he  has  seen,  learned, 
and  suffered,  and  his  whole  book,  though  intended  to  present  a  continuous 
narrative  of  historical  facts,  intermixed  with  descriptions  and  anecdotes, 
resembles  a  Congressional  report  by  a  'committee  on  outrages'  much  more  than 
a  history." — Nation,  1871. 


PATAGONIA 

Beerbohn,  J.  Wanderings  in  Patagonia.      1879.     910.1575 

Bourne,  Benj.  F.      The  captive  in  Patagonia.      1853. 

910.1584 

Coan,  T.  Adventures  in  Patagonia.  1880.  910.737 
Dixie,  F.  Across  Patagonia.  1881.  910.1589 

Hudson,  W.  H.      Idle  days  in  Patagonia.      1893.    910.2499 

Prichard,  H.   Hesketh.      Through  the  heart  of  Patagonia. 
1902.  918.2.3 

In  1898  the  startling  announcement  was  made  of  the  existence  in  Patagonia  of 
living  representatives  of  Mylodon,  a  gigantic  but  presumably  extinct  ground 
sloth.  Mr.  Prichard  was  sent  to  Patagonia  by  the  London  Daily  Express  to 
procure,  if  possible,  a  living  specimen.  He  crossed  the  country  from  north  to 
south,  but  failed  in  his  principal  object,  as  was  to  be  expected.  He  has  however 
given  an  interesting  account  of  his  journey  and  a  true  picture  of  life  on  the 
Patagonian  plains.  Illustrated  from  photographs  and  drawings  by  Mr.  J.  G. 
Millais.  The  drawings  are  exaggerations  and  do  not  give  a  correct  idea  of  the 
region.  A  valuable  appendix  gives  a  history  of  the  literature  relating  to  the 
giant  ground  sloth. 

PERU 

Adams,  W.  H.  D.      Land  of  the  Incas  and  the  city  of  the 
Sun.      1885.  980.14 

Campe,  J.   H.      Pizarro;  or,  the  conquest  of  Peru.      1811. 

970.2743 

—Same.      (In  French.)      1833.  970.2740 

Cole,   G.   R.      The   Peruvians  at  home.      1884.       910.1592 

Enock,  C.   Reginald.      The  Andes  and  the  Amazon;   with 
a   map,  4    colored    plates    and    48    other    illus.      1910. 

918.5.1 

An  elaborate  and  comprehensive  account  of  Peru,  its  people,  history  and  scenery, 
finely  illustrated,  and  giving  a  most  satisfactory  idea  of  the  country  past  and 
present.  A  most  important  and  permanent  work  of  greatest  interest  written 
in  an  easy  and  absorbing  style. 

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— Peru.      (The    South    American    series,    ed.    by    Martin 
Hume.)      1908.  985.1 

A  general  survey,  including  a  brief  history  from  the  Incas  to  1908,  and  accounts 
of  political  administration,  social  system,  topography,  natural  resources,  com- 
merce and  general  development.  Especially  valuable  for  the  chapters  on 
mineral  resources  and  agricultural  development. 

Fuentes,    M.    A.      Lima,   the   capital   of    Peru.      1866. 

910.1050 

Hall,   Basil.      Journal  written  on  the  coasts  of  Chile   and 
Peru.      1826.  910.141 

Markham,   Sir  Clements   Robert.      Incas   of   Peru.      1910. 

985.2 

For  the  greater  part  of  his  long  life  Sir  Clements  Markman  has  been  studying  the 
history  and  archaeology  of  Peru,  as  many  learned  publications  attest,  but  he 
has  now  abandoned  the  idea  of  completing  a  detailed  history."  He  issues  in- 
stead a  series  of  essays  which  amounts  to  a  fairly  detailed  sketch  of  the  origins, 
rise  and  prosperity  of  the  Incarian  empire.  Condensed  from  Outlook  (London,) 
1910. 

—History  of  Peru.      1892.  980.39 

— The    war    between    Peru    and    Chile,    1879-1882.      1883. 

980.29 

Marmontel,  J.   T.      The   Incas.      1777.      2  v.        980.21-22 

Ober,    F.    Albion.      Pizarro    and    the    conquest    of    Peru. 
1906.      (Heroes  of  American  history.)  920.5529 

Author  of  "Columbus  the  discoverer,"  "Hernando  Cortez"  and  many  works  of 
travel,  here  tells  the  thrilling  story  of  the  explorer  and  conqueror  of  the  16th 
century,  who  with  a  handful  of  soldiers  subdued  the  vast  empire  of  the  Incas  in 
Peru,  founded  the  city  of  Lima,  collected  untold  wealth,  and  at  last  was  assassin- 
ated by  his  followers  in  1541. 

Prescott,   W.   H.      The  conquest  of  Peru.      2  v.       980.4-5 

Bivero,  M.  E.  and  J.  J.  Von  Tschudi.      Peruvian  antiquities. 
1853.  980.33 

Squier,   E.   G.      Peru:  travel  and  exploration.      1877. 

910.1602 

Trueba  y  Cosio,  Telesforo  de.      History  of  the  conquest  of 
Peru.      1830.  980.25 

Tschudi,   J.   J.    von.      Travels   in   Peru   during    1838-1842. 

910.1560 

URUGUAY 

Dawson,   Thomas   C.      South   American  republics.      V.    1. 
1903.      (Story   of  the   nations.)  980.44 

Vol.1.     Argentina;  Paraguay;  Uruguay;  Brazil. 

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VENEZUELA 


Beebe,  Mrs.  M.  B.  (R.)  and  Beebe,  C.  W.  Our  search  for  a 
wilderness;  an  account  of  two  ornithological  expeditions  to 
Venezuela  and  to  British  Guiana;  illustrated  with  photographs 
from  lite.  1910.  918.7.2 

Curtis,  W.  E.  Venezuela:  a  land  wrhere  it's  always  sum- 
mer. 1896.  987.1 

Davis,  R.  H.  Three  gringos  in  Venezuela  and  Central 
America.  1896.  917.28.1 

Dawson,  Thomas  C.  The  South  American  republics. 
1904.  (Story  of  the  nations  series.)  980.45 

Vol.  2.  Preface;  Peru;  Chile;  Bolivia;  Ecuador;  Venezuela;  Colombia; 
Panama;  Index. 

Ober,  F.  A.  Knockabout  club  on  the  Spanish  main. 
1891.  910.2478 

Petre,  Francis  Loraine.  Simon  Bolivar,  "el  libertador;" 
a  life  of  the  chief  leader  in  the  revolt  against  Spain  in 
Venezuela,  New  Granada  and  Peru.  1910.  920.6619 

"List  of  books,  maps  and  papers  consulted  by  the  author,"  p.  8-10. 
"Solid  and  instructive  contribution  to  the  history  of  a  conspicuous  passage  in 
the  growth  of  the  New  World.     The  purely  biographical  side  of  the  story  is 
told  with  insight  and  in  an  interesting  manner.  .  .  .On  the  whole,  Mr.  Petre 
leaves  us  in  charity  and  sympathy  with  the  Liberator." — Outlook  (London),  1910. 

Scruggs,  William  Lindsay.  The  Colombian  and  Venezuelan 
republics ;  with  notes  on  other  parts  of  Central  and  South 
America.  1905.  918.6.1 

An  account  of  the  author's  personal  experiences,  observations  and  studies  in 
Central  and  South  America,  and  more  particularly  in  the  republics  of  Colombia 
and  Venezuela,  during  the  period  of  twenty-seven  years,  from  1872  to  1899. 
The  greater  part  of  this  time  he  was  U.  S.  Minister  to  Colombia  and  Venezuela. 
Besides  descriptions  of  climatic  conditions,  scenery,  etc.,  there  are  chapters  on: 
The  agricultural  products  of  Venezuela;  On  the  Guayana  boundary  question; 
The  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  Panama  canal  projects;  The  rights  and  duties  of 
foreign  residents  in  South  America;  The  Monroe  doctrine;  and  The  Venezuelan 
arbitration  award  of  1899. 

Much  up-to-date  information  regarding  South  Am- 
erican countries  may  be  obtained  from  the  Bulletin  of  the 
Pan- American  Union,  published  by  the  International  Bureau  of 
American  Republics.  This  publication  is  regularly  received 
each  month  at  the  library. 


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